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I-CSPJ calls for concerted efforts for the release of...
IPC’s Centre for the Safety and Protection of Journalists (I-CSPJ), Lagos-Nigeria is calling for a concerted effort towards the immediate release of Chairman of...
Freedom of Expression Violations
Journalists remanded in prison for reporting about alleged corruption
Kampala; Two (2) journalists Dickson Mubiru and Alirabaki Ssengooba were on Thursday, 20th June 2024, remanded to Luzira Prison, after writing a story related...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
MRA Calls on Nigerian Government to Ensure Safety, Release of Kidnapped Radio Presenter
Lagos, Wednesday, May 6, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned Monday’s abduction of Ms Chinenye Iwuoha, a presenter with the Pacesetter FM station...
NigeriaSenegal Freedom of Expression Violations
Journalist Sacked over Suspected Coronavirus Infection, Another Sacked Over Coronavirus Report
Two journalists (from Senegal and Nigeria) have been sacked from their media outlets over coronavirus-related issues.
In Senegal, a journalist with Le Soleil newspaper, Fatou...
Somalia Freedom of Expression Violations
AFEX Condemns Murder of Journalist in Somalia
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) condemns the murder of journalist Said Yusuf Ali, of privately-owned Kalsan TV in Mogadishu, Somalia.
On May 4,...
Freedom of Expression Violations
IPC Enjoins Government, Institutional Stakeholders to Ensure Safe Working Environment For Journalists and Media Practitioners
As the global society celebrates the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2020, the International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos, has reminded the Nigerian government and...
Uganda Freedom of Expression Violations
Police Release Vision Group Journalist on Bond
Police in Kamuli released Gwebayanga Tom, a Vision Group Correspondent in Buyende district on 22nd April 2020 after spending a night in a police...
West Africa Freedom of Expression Violations
The Media and COVID-19 in West Africa (April 6 – April 12, 2020)
This week the world began to see a glimmer of hope with the steady reductionin the number of COVID-19 infections in the worst hit...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
Nigeria: IPC Flays Continuing Attacks on Journalists and the Media
The International Press Centre, Lagos has again decried the rising spate of assaults on journalists and the media by law enforcement and security agents...
West Africa Freedom of Expression Violations
Seizure and Destruction of Journalists’ Digital Tools: The Data Privacy and Censorship Implications
The Media Foundation for West Africa’s (MFWA) monitoring of freedom of expression violations in West Africa has established a growing trend of seizure and...
Zimbabwe Freedom of Expression Violations
MISA Zimbabwe Condemns Arrest of Journalist Over Accreditation
Senior journalist Kudzanai Musengi was arrested in Gweru Central Business District this morning in the course of his official duties. Police accused him of...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
MRA Condemns Attacks on Journalists Covering COVID-19, Calls on Government of Nigeria to Ensure Respect for Media Freedom
LAGOS, Monday, March 30, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the increasing cases of attacks by law enforcement and security agencies on journalists...
Guinea Freedom Of Assembly
42 Protesters Killed, Over Two Hundred Arrested in Nine Months: The Sad State of Human Rights in Guinea
Over the past nine months (June 2019 – March 2020), about 42 people have been killed, over one hundred arrested and hundreds more injured...
Liberia Freedom of Expression Violations
Liberian Journalists March to Protest Attacks
Scores of journalists have marched through the Liberian capital Monrovia to denounce “brutal attacks” against journalists and media workers.
The march organized by the Press...